EU migration: time for an ambitious human rights-based agenda
Joint statement from over 30 NGOs – including ILGA-Europe – calling on EU member states to introduce a migration policy that respects rights and dignity of all asylum-seekers.
On 14 and 15 December, EU heads of state are expected to discuss the internal and external dimension of the EU’s migration policy.
Ahead of the European Council meeting in Brussels, over 30 humanitarian, development and human rights organisations are calling on EU leaders to adopt asylum and migration policies in accordance with the following recommendations:
- A permanent, equitable mechanism for responsibility-sharing should be established as part of the reformed Dublin Regulation
- The EU’s migration agenda should include strong human rights commitments
- Budgetary commitments, both within the EU’s annual budget and the upcoming Multi-Annual Financial Framework, should reflect the EU’s priorities on protection and human rights
- Investing in safe and regular migration pathways is essential
- Human rights abuses suffered by migrants and asylum seekers at or outside of EU’s borders must be meaningfully addressed
You can read the joint statement in full here.
Signatories:
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Action Against Hunger
Access Info Europe
Association Européenne pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme
Ayuda en Acción
CARE International
Caritas Europa
CCME
CIRE
CNCD-11.11.11
Coordination SUD
Danish Refugee Council
ENAR – European Network against Racism
Entreculturas
EU-CORD
European Evangelical Alliance
FIDH-International Federation for Human Rights
Flemish Refugee Action
Human Rights Watch
ILGA-Europe
International Rescue Committee
Kehys, the Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU
Medecins du Monde
Mercy Corps Europe
Migration Policy Group
National Spanish NGDO Platform
Norwegian Refugee Council
Oxfam
PAX
PICUM
Safe Passage
Save the Children
Terre des Hommes
World Vision
